This week, Cointelegraph reported that CME Group, the second global exchange to list bitcoin (BTC) futures, is about to record the biggest trading month for BTC futures trading.

Ether (ETH) is holding onto its position as the largest altcoin by market cap, which currently stands at $26.9 billion. The second-largest altcoin, XRP, has a market cap of $16.5 billion at press time.

CoinMarketCap data shows that ETH is up over .5% over the last 24 hours. At press time, ETH is trading around $252. On the week, the coin has also seen its value decrease by over 8.7%.

In traditional markets, the United States stock market is seeing discrete gains so far today, with the S&P 500 up 0.85% and the Nasdaq up 1.08% at press time. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), on the other hand, has gained 1.74% on the day at press time.

Major oil futures and indexes are mostly down today, with WTI Crude down 1.43%, Brent Crude down 0.8% and Mars US down 0.92% at press time. The OPEC Basket is down 0.14% and the Canadian Crude Index seen its value loose 1.86% by press time, according to OilPrices.

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